Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/farhaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑr.xɑz/

Noun

*farhaz m

1. pig, piglet

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *farhaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*farhaz	*farhōz, *farhōs
vocative	*farh	*farhōz, *farhōs
accusative	*farhą	*farhanz
genitive	*farhas, *farhis	*farhǫ̂
dative	*farhai	*farhamaz
instrumental	*farhō	*farhamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *farh
  • Old English: fearh
    • Middle English: *farow, *fargh (attested only in plural form faren)
      • English: farrow
      • Scots: ferrae, ferry, farry
      • Yola: farragh
  • Old Frisian: *farch
    • Saterland Frisian: Faarich, Farig
    • West Frisian: farken
  • Old Saxon: for, *farh
    • Middle Low German: var, vare, vôr, ferch, verk
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: *farkīn (diminutive)
      • Middle Low German: verken, varken
        • Low German: Farken
  • Old Dutch: *far, *fare
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: farkīn, ferkīn (diminutive)
      • Middle Dutch: verkin, varekin, varkin
        • Dutch: varken, verken (dialectal)
          • Afrikaans: vark
          • Jersey Dutch: vārk
          • Negerhollands: varki, fergi, farki, ferkikin, verken
          • Skepi Creole Dutch: fark
  • Old High German: farah
    • Middle High German: varch
    • ⇒ Old High German: farhīli, farheli (diminutive)
      • Middle High German: verkel, verhel
        • Alemannic German: Färli
        • German: Ferkel
        • Luxembourgish: Fierkel
• Old Norse: *farr
  • Old Swedish: *far
    • ⇒ Old Swedish: fargalter
      • Swedish: fargalt